Epub Template - Brian Ogden and Michele Grasso

Here is the ePub template to make your own ePub book!

iBookstore
  • e-Pub format
    • open eBook standard
    • embedded video
    • open source
    • designed for reflow able digital content: audio, digital, play video within a book
    • can create your own textbook for a unit
    • can embed video from iTunes U
  • How to upload e-pub book
    1. create in pages on a Mac
    2. if just one, then you drag file on top of iTune
    3. if giving set to students: put into dropbox or put it on the website (echalk)
  • How to make an e-pub book
    1. create in pages on a Mac
      • can put in an album on iPhoto and students can draw from there
      • use beyond campus resources
      • save information in a text file
      • template from Apple: http://web.me.com/dowd/epubs/ePubs.html
        • There are two links on this page: The first link is a guide as to how to create an ePub. The second link is the actual template (.pages format)
      • make a copy of the template before you use
      • WARNING: don't mess with the table of contents...it will change according to the headings you write
      • video: go to video inspector: select "in line" otherwise it would be a picture (third tab over)

2. when done don't save, but share and export

3. select use first page as the cover

4. make sure it is on e-pub

5. save on desktop

6. drag over iTunes

7. then sync and it will go into library